KLHDC3

Chr 6

kelch domain containing 3

Also known as: PEAS, dJ20C7.3

NCBI Gene: 116138ENSG00000124702UniProt: Q9BQ90

The protein encoded by this gene contains six repeated kelch motifs that are structurally similar to recombination activating gene 2, a protein involved in the activation of the V(D)J recombination. In mouse, this gene is found to be expressed specifically in testis. Its expression in pachytene spermatocytes is localized to cytoplasma and meiotic chromatin, suggesting that this gene may be involved in meiotic recombination. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2012]

42
ClinVar variants
9
Pathogenic / LP
1.00
pLI score· haploinsufficient
0
Active trials
Clinical Summary— KLHDC3
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Highly constrained gene — heterozygous loss-of-function variants are very rare in the population (pLI 1.00). One damaged copy is likely sufficient to cause disease.
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ClinVar Variants
9 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 32 VUS of 42 total submissions

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
Dual constrained — LoF & missense intolerant
LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.
0.15LOEUF
pLI 0.999
Z-score 4.17
OE 0.00 (0.00–0.15)
Highly constrained

Among the most LoF-intolerant genes (~top 3%)

Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.
3.45Z-score
OE missense 0.38 (0.32–0.45)
93 obs / 244.7 exp
Constrained

Highly missense-constrained (top ~0.1%)

Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.
LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.00 (0.00–0.15)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.38 (0.32–0.45)
0≤0.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.0.91
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 0 / 20.2Missense obs/exp: 93 / 244.7Syn Z: 0.64

ClinVar Variant Classifications

42 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic9
VUS32
Likely Benign1
9
Pathogenic
32
VUS
1
Likely Benign

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
0
9
0
9
Likely Pathogenic
0
0
0
0
0
VUS
0
29
3
0
32
Likely Benign
0
0
0
1
1
Benign
0
0
0
0
0
Total02912142

LoF = frameshift, stop gained/lost, canonical splice · Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

KLHDC3 · protein map & ClinVar variants

Showing all ClinVar variants across the protein. Search a specific variant to highlight its position.

OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype Relationships

1 OMIM entry

OMIM
Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence
Key Publications
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PubMed
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Recent Gene-Specific Literature
Gene in title · MEDLINE · newest first
Europe PMC
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Clinical Trials

Active and recruiting trials from ClinicalTrials.gov

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External Resources

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